10 minutes later

Lio looks at Rimy'' Tell me why the hell are you going d-''

Rimy puch Lio so it burns a bit of his nose, and blood comes out from the nose.

Ulne'' L..Lio!''He runs up to him.

Rimy looks at Lio with anger. While Lio holds his nose.

Rimy'' You really don't know when to shut it!''He blows Lio back, and Ulne takes Lio.

Ulne'' H..Hey stop!''

Rimy'' Out of my fucking way, Ulne!'' he walks up to them

Ulne'' No!!, You can not hurt him!''

Rimy'' Why not!, he is fucking annoying!!, let me fucking kill this basted!!''

Ulne'' No!! I will not let you!!''

Rimy looks at Ulne and gets back.

Ulne take up bandages'' I..I will he-''

Lio, get up and clean the blood'' I'm fine' He gets up and looks at Rimy.

Ulne looks at lio'' D..Don't do any-''.

Lio takes up his staff'' I don't care, I want to kill him, He is fucking a monster''.

Ulne gets up and takes Lio's arm'' Do-''

Lio gets his arm back'' Get out of my way'' He points his staff at Rimy. 

Rimy looks at Lio''I'm a monster?''

Lio'' Yes, you are''

Rimy'' Sure , I'm, then do you really want to fight me''

Lio'' Ye-''

Rimy comes at Lio at the speed of light and punches him away. Lio hit the ground, so it scraped up his arms. 

Ulne'' S..Stop Rimy!''

Rimy'' No!!'' He is doing knife'' Out of my fucking way, Ulne!! I will fucking make him regret fighting me!!''

Ulne get up'' N..N-. Rimy put the knife to his throat, and Ulne started to feel anxious and looked at Rimy.

Rimy'' If you don't want to die, then out of my way''

Ulne'' i..i..''. 

Rimy looks at him'' Please move, I don't want to-''

When a shield comes around Ulne and an explosion comes, Rimy flies back and hits the ground. 

Lio came up to Ulne'' Are you insane!, he could have killed you!!''

Ulne looks at Lio'' i..i just wanted to protect you...''

Lio sighs'' But still don't do that again!''

Ulne'' i..i-''

Lio put a shield up, and ice spikes hit it. 

Rimy looks at them with anger'' You!'' He gets up and cleans the blood'' I'm tired of you'' He points the knife at Lio'' You really think you are better than anyone down here!!, just because you keep humans safe!!''

Lio looks at him.

Rimy'' You should just let the humans die!''He comes at Lio and attacks him, but Lio blocks him with his shield. 

Rimy looks at him'' Why do you want to keep the stupid humans safe!, They are nothing!! They are monsters!! They..killed the king and Vliney human child!''

Ulne looks at Rimy.

Rimy breaks the shield and blows Lio back'' The humans have just made our life hell!! They have fucking sent down people to kill us!! So why do you keep them safe!''. 

Lio looks at Rimy and sighs'' I know that they did that to the king and Vliney, and have made our life hell. However, I don't want good people to die down here They did not only send down evil people down here''

Rimy holds his face and it starts to burn'' I still don't understand how'' He looks at Lio with envy'' You can still trust humans''

Lio'' I trust Jimle and Ulne , they two have not done anything bad, and the other good humans too, I still want to have hope that not all humans are bad''

Rimy looks at Lio and then at Ulne.

Ulne looks at him with worry

Rimy sighs and thinks'' I can not...'' He got the knife away'' I'm sorry''

Lio''W..What?''

Rimy'' Yes, let me heal you'' He walks up to Lio 

Lio gets back'' What in hell are you planning?, Why did you stop fighting?, You will kill us''.

Rimy'' I'm going to help you, and I don't want to fight you two, and I will not kill you two, I made a promise''

Lio''Sure, you will try to kill us later''

Rimy'' we can say this''Rimy does healing magic'' If I attack you or him again, then shoot me''

Lio''What?''

Rimy'' Yes''He smiles''Shoot m-''

Ulne'' We will not kill you'' He came up to them.

Rimy looks at him.

Ulne'' Right lio''

Lio'' I wil-''

Ulne'' don't! please''

Lio''Why in hell do you trust this guy!, Did you not see what he did!''

Ulne'' I saw what he did, but I still want to trust him. He has helped us and even kept us safe. and i..i don't believe he is an evil person, i..i want to get to know him even if he has some uhh bad things''

Lio'' I can not believe this, just heal me''

Rimy heal Lio.

Lio' Answer me one thing, why did you stop fighting all of a sudden?''

Rimy'' I just did okay, and I don't want to kill anyone, okay, I'm not a murderer''

Lio'' Sure tell me''

Rimy sighs'' Well I don't want him to be all alone in this shit, he still needs your help''

Lio' You care about him?''

Rimy'' A bit'' He looks at Ulne'' Hey Ulne''

Ulne'' yes?''

Rimy puch his shoulder'' make it to the king's castle with this guy''

Ulne looks at Rimy

Ulne'' I..I hope i will''. 

Rimy'' Hmm, and I'm sorry that I did that''

Ulne'' It's okay, just don't do that again''

Rimy'' I will not''

Ulne looks at him''Good, D..Do you need a hug?''

Rimy looks at him with shock'' What?''

Ulne'' It looks like you need one after last night...You are tired of life, so let me help you''

Rimy looks at him.

Ulne reached out his hand and made a warm smile at Rimy.

Rimy'' I..I...'' He looks at Ulne with confusion.

Ulne'' Well?''

Rimy'' Why do you want to help me?, I have just tried and kill you and him?''

Ulne'' Because I want to and I want to believe you will not kill us''

Rimy looks away'' You don't know me''

Ulne'' Well, we have worked together for some days, so I know you a bit, and i see that you are an okay person''

Rimy walks off'' leave me alone...'' Ulne runs after and take his arm''R..Rimy let m-''

Rimy looks at him'' We will not work together when we get to the villages, so why do you care?''

Ulne'' Because I don't want you to have to deal with your problems all alone, I don't want you to feel all alone in this world...just like I told you''

Rimy'' I'm not a person...''

Ulne'' You are, you are a person that needs to live your life and not be all alone''

Rimy stays quiet and looks at the ground.

Ulne'' Please, let me help you''

Rimy gets his arm back. While Ulne looks at him.

Rimy looks at him with a slight smile'' Thanks for asking that, however, you should give your kindness to other people''He walks off.

Ulne'' I..I want to give you some kindness Rimy!''He runs in front of Rimy and looks at him'' I don't want you to feel all alone here''

Rimy looks at him and takes his shoulder'' I'm okay with that, I'm used to it'' He gets his hand back and walks off'' Let's get going''

Ulne looks at Rimy while Lio comes up to him.

Lio''Hey''

Ulne'' No one deserves to be all alone...''

Lio''Well no, however, he does not act like a person that would be broken by it''

Ulne'' Everyone can be broken by being all alone''

Lio sighs'' Yes, but h-''

Rimy'' Are you two coming!!''

Ulne'' Y..Yes we are''

Lio'' Well let's go'' Lio walks up to Rimy and Ulne, too.

One hour later.

An explosion comes so Lio flies off an edge. Rimy throws himself at the edges and takes Lio's arm while Rimy has healing magic around his hand.

Lio looks up'' Yo-''

Rimy'' Get the fuck up!!''.

Lio takes the edge and gets up.

Rimy looks behind and smiles'' This monster''

The ground rumbles, and a big spider monster comes.

Lio''Where is Ulne?''

Rimy point at a hole in the wall'' in there''

Lio sighs'' Thanks god for that''

Rimy gets in front of Lio and blocks the web. Rimy cut it and looks behind'' Get up! We can not die here!''

Lio gets up''Y..Yeah'' He takes his staff.

Rimy'' Can you do ice on that jump thing?'' He points at a ramp.

Lio'' Yes''. 

Rimy smiles'' Good'' He runs off.

Lio points his staff at the ramp and does ice on it. When the spider shot a web and poison at Lio and Rimy. Lio blocked it and Rimy shot it with an explosion, so it made a smoke screen. The spider screams and shoots more poison and makes a poison cloud, so it starts to rain. Lio put a shield over him when he heard Rimy scream. Rimy held his arm, and when the poison landed, the arm started to burn and turn red.

Rimy'' S..sh-''. When blood came out of his mouth and he fell to the ground.

Lio comes running up and takes up a needle''Stay st-''

Rimy'' J..just do it!' More blood comes out. Lio put the needle in his arm, and Lio put a shield around them, and poison hit it. 

Rimy looks at Lio.

Lio'' It will be fine, just rest here and the effect will kick in around 5 min''

Rimy'' O..Okay...''He lay agains a rock'' I..I will keep you safe from here...''

Lio'' okay...'' Lio gets up and looks at the spider and feels anxious'' I..I can n-''

Rimy'' You need to'' He does a healing orb and gives it to Lio'' I..If you get hurt, this will help...''

Lio''okay... '' Lio takes up his staff and runs out from the shield. The spider shoots a web and poison at Lio. Lio shoots fire and points the staff at the spider. 

Lio'' I..It will work...''He does summoning magic so the wind picks up. The spider blows back, and Rimy looks at Lio with a smile on his face. Lio does more magic, and blood comes out from his already damaged eye when the orb heals it. Lio shook and started to feel weak in his body'' C..Come here, Griffin'' An animal came out from the light, and it had the body of a lion, head and wings of an eagle.

Rimy looks at the animal'' O..oh my...''

Griffin looks at Lio. 

Lio points at that spider and shakes'' K..Kill it! protect us!''

Griffin runs at the spider.

Lio fell to the ground and held his chest'' I..It w..will be..f..fine...''. 

Rimy, get over to Lio and heal him.

Griffin bites the spider , and the spider shoots webs at it. Griffin cut the web and kicked the spider away. The spider hit the ground, and the ground started to break. Griffing jumps at the spider and the spider puts its legs through its stomach. Griffing scream. 

Lio'' G..Griffing!'' He tries to get up, but falls to the ground. Rimy gets up and runs up to them and throws fire at the spider's legs. The spider's legs burn off, so Griffing jumps back. Rimy cast a healing spell at Griffing'' G..Go!, I will keep you safe!''.

Griffing jumps at the spider again and cuts the spider in half. The spider shoots small spiders at Griffing, and Rimy shoots fire at them. They all burn up and Griffing looks at Rimy.

Rimy looks at it. 

Griffing walks up to Rimy. Rimy gets back. Griffing lowers his head and, Rimy reaches and pats his head. 

Lio looks at them and walks over to them'' R..Rimy''

Rimy looks at him'' What?''

Lio'' Thanks for keeping him safe'' Lio pats Griffing's head.

Rimy'' Ye ye'' He walks over to where Ulne is'' Hey you ca-''

Ulne holds his head and shakes.

Rimy get over to Ulne'' Hey'' Rimy take his shoulder'' Ul-''

Ulne puch Rimy back'' d..don't come closer!''

Rimy hit the ground and looked at Ulne' you!''

Ulne gets back'' R..Rimy! i..I'm sorry i..i...''

Rimy looks back at Lio'' Lio!! come the fuck here!!''

Lio pat Griffing'' You did a great job'' He takes Griffing away and comes over to them'' Wh-'' He looks at Ulne'' Ulne..''

Ulne looks away.

Lio gets over to him'' What is wrong?''

Ulne'' nothing...''

Lio'' Yes, something is up, what is wrong?''

Ulne'' I'm fine...''

Lio'' You can reach out to help too''

Ulne stay quiet 

 Lio '' Do you want to talk about what is wrong?''

Ulne looks at him and starts to cry'' I..I don't know if i..i'm able to do this Lio...I..I f..feel so lost...i..i don't know i..i f..feel like my reason to get down here is stupid i..i''He looks down and cries more'' I..I'm scared o..of this place...i..i'm scared of dying... lio... i..i don't know what to do'' He takes his shirt'' what if i can not get you all out w..what i..if i..fail to get you all out...''.

Lio'' You will be able to do this, Ulne. And no matter what, you will find your way back and not feel lost. And your reason is not stupid, you got to see that we all were real. And I will keep you safe so you don't die, we will face this world together, you will not be alone in this, no matter if you get us all out or not, we will find a way together to get out from here''

Ulne looks at him and cry more'' i..i...''. 

Lio pat his shoulder'' There, there let it all out, I'm here for you''

20 minutes later

Ulne looks into space while Lio looks at him'' Ulne?''

Ulne looks at him'' Yes?''

Lio'' How are you feeling?''

Ulne sighs'' A bit better, thanks''

Lio'' No problem, and when you need to talk, I will be here''

Ulne'' Yeah, thanks, and I will be here for you too'' He smiles'' 

Lio smiles back'' Thanks''

Rimy sighs and looks at the arm braces. When the orb comes up to Rimy. 

Rimy looks at the orb'' You again''

The orb lay on his head.

Rimy sighs'' Fine, just this time, I need some rest after everything''

The orb looks at him.

Rimy sits down on a rock and looks at the arm bacels'' I will fix everything'' He looks at Lio and smug'' That guy, he really can summon magic too''

The orb flies down to Rimy.

Rimy looks at it'' What in hell do you want?''.

The orb flies down to Rimy's arm, where the poison hit and healed it.

Rimy looks at the orb and the orb flies up to him.

Rimy sighs'' Thanks, but you don't have to do that'' He gets up'' I will not be much longer in this world...'

The orb flies over to him and flies around him.

Rimy'' h..hey!!''. 

Ulne and Lio look at him.

Ulne'' L..Looks like he got fully up''

Lio''Yeah, it's a wonder the orb still follows us''

Ulne'' Yes''

Lio'' but why do I never see it? When we are out?''

Ulne'' Well, it's hid in my backpack''.

Lio'' It dose''

Ulne'' Yes''

Lio'' Why does your backpack not glow inside then?''

Ulne'' It put down its light so''

Lio'' Huh, okay, was it with you when we fought the big monster?''

Ulne'' I don't know''

Lio''Okay''

'' Ulne!!'' Rimy comes over to them.

Ulne'' Yes?''

Rimy'' Take your orb away from me!''.

Ulne'' I can not do t-''

Rimy' Do it, it starts to annoy me''

Ulne'' I..I can try'' Ulne come up to the orb'' Hey, can you please uhh take it a bit easier''

The orb shook up and down.

Ulne smiles'' Good''

Rimy looks at him'' Is he crazy?''

Lio'' No''

Rimy'' Then why does he talk to the orb as if it's a person?''

Lio'' Because it's''

Rimy looks at Lio'' Are you crazy too? That orb is a person?''

Lio'' I'm not crazy and Ulne said it was''

Rimy'' sure that orb is a person'' He laughed'' What a joke, orbs can not be people''

Lio''How do you know that?''

Rimy'' The orbs are animals, they used to be many more down here till the monsters got here''

Lio'' How long have you been here? If you used to see the orbs?''

Rimy'' not that long''

Lio'' Sure, how old are you even? If you can control your magic without breaking down?''

Rimy'' In my 20s''

Lio looks at him'' Okay''

Rimy'' How old are you?''

Lio''Same''

Rimy'' Okay

Lio looks at him with suspicion'' How do you know so much about the kings and Vliney family? And how can you read the old text?''

Rimy'' I have learn how to read it and I have done much research on them. And it's a big part of why everything is like it is now, they lost the human child and the other child. They both got...'' Rimy stay quiet.

Lio looks at him'' Are yo-''

Rimy'' Yes''

Lio'' I heard that the garuds are still trying to find the other child, do you think they will?''

Rimy' They still trying?''

Lio'' Yes?, why would they not?, They two want to find out what happened to the child''

Rimy'' I don't know...'' and looks at the ground 

Lio looks at him with confusion.

End of chapter 20